Up at 0400 again this morning to try and tempt a Tengmalm's owl out with a bit of playback. Tried Glimminge this morning but no joy, all the racket stirred up the resident pair of tawny owls though. When it got light enough to bird I went for a walk around nearby Vasaltheden. This is a lovely part of the coastal reserve - all boggy, with pools and wet bits. Apparently home to a natterjack population, though so far we have only scored great crested newt. I digress... The walk produced singing yellowhammers, three snipe and masses of wildfowl. Skylark migration was again evident and continued through the morning. The tap is on and skylark, lapwing and shelduck are pouring in. As I drove home for breakfast more flocks of skylark and lapwing were evident.
The rest of the morning was spent out birding with Mrs B and Number 3 and produced some great birds. We headed south to Sandön and trawled through the wildfowl, waders and gulls. Two bearded tits were notable but otherwise things were quiet. We quickly moved on to Rönnen, which was better with white-tailed eagle (adult) and 22 barnacle geese flying past (not together). A thorough search of the duck offshore revealed two long-tailed duck, a dozen common scoter, one redhead smew and a pair of pintail. Raptor migration was also evident, a few buzzards and sparrowhawks circled high and a red kite came through low. It looked perfect for crane migration today but we failed to score in the morning, others did get a few though in the afternoon.
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